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Smart LTE vs. Globe Tattoo Black Price Comparison

So now that Globe’s LTE service has been finally revealed, we look at the pricing plans and compared it to Smart LTE. The chart below should give you a bigger picture on what each telco is offering.

What we know is that Globe and Smart have the same device supplier — Huawei — so the hardware performance is even between the two plans.

Here are the LTE service plans offered by Smart and Globe.

From the table above, we can drawn a number of conclusion:

● Globe offers two plans while Smart has one. Globe’s two plans are priced lower than Smart. Smart’s price is 40% more expensive than Globe’s plan.

● Globe offers bigger bandwidth allocation compared to Smart’s cap. At the top tier, Globe’s 15GB is 50% more than what Smart offers at 10GB.

● Comparing Plan 2499 at 15GB and Plan 3499 at 10GB, Globe’s plan is 110% more cost-effective than Smart. That is based on cost per GB of bandwidth (Globe: Php166.6/GB, Smart: Php349.9/GB).

● Smart has wider coverage in Metro Manila while Globe is only restricted to Makati at the moment.

● Both Smart and Globe offered unlimited internet for the first 3 to 4 months after the launch.

● Smart has more LTE bands deployed (3 vs. 1) compared to Globe.

● Globe now offers a USB stick and a pocket WiFi free with the plans while Smart is only offering a USB stick at the moment.

● Both telcos offer up to 42Mbps.

So far, that’s what we’re seeing between the two. On paper, it looks like Globe has one up against Smart in this round.

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

41 Responses

  1. Avatar for BULOK NA PINAS NET BULOK NA PINAS NET says:

    Philippine internet owners actually look more on profit , try to compare it to electricity and corruption.. “they are related in terms of management”

  2. Avatar for paul paul says:

    Yeah, I agree with nat… There’s no poing of having the fastest speed of internet if the cap is just 5-15g a month… heck i can consume all of that in a day!!

  3. Avatar for nat nat says:

    What’s the point of having a 42Mbps connection with a 5GB cap? Good luck!

  4. Avatar for Kyo Kyo says:

    hmm may capacity lang ba ang line sa pag download i mean anu meaning nung cap?

  5. Avatar for Michael Houghton Michael Houghton says:

    Cap limits benefit users? I highly disagree, mobile or fixed they’re absolutely useless to the end user.

  6. Avatar for patchk patchk says:

    cap limits will greatly benefit “mobile” users who use these services for “mobile” purposes.

    if i wish for unlimited download where i can leave my pc downloading gigs of movies, i’ll use fixed services where there are no caps.

  7. Avatar for Cylord Cylord says:

    SMART will definitely heat up the competition, thus will bring down their msf for their LTE plan.. Masyado lang binaba ni Globe ung msf nila just to make their LTE more enticing kahit sa Makati lang ang coverage.. Hintayin natin what SMART will release in the succeding days.. Bka mapa NGANGA ang GLOBE sa competition :p

  8. Avatar for sandies sandies says:

    SMART WILL OFFER THE POCKET WIFI NEXT MONTH SO WHAT”S the difference…..

  9. Avatar for sandies sandies says:

    SMART LTE UNLIMITED TILL 25-OCTOBER ONLY….

  10. Avatar for akositantan akositantan says:

    Hay naku isa lang kahahantungan nitong LTE na ito

    “MAS MABILIS ANG PERA!” .. biruin mo

    Php166.6/GB, Smart: Php349.9/GB).

    Eh kung magdodownload ka ng isang movie na 1GB mb.
    sabibihin ntin kaya yan in 4 minutes lang @4mbps DL speed..

    1 movie = 4 minutes

    sa isang araw nakaka DDL ako ng 5-10 movies sa HSPA+

    gamit na agad Cap in 1 day

    pera agad! ahaha

    tapos additional pa kapag sumobra! ano b naman

    LTE is for heavy downloader..

    Eh kung ako tatanungin WAG NA!

    antay na lang na may promo UNLISURF for 1 day sa LTE..hehe

  11. Avatar for Emong Emong says:

    Just shows how greedy SMART can get. A thousand pesos higher for a smaller bandwidth? Tapos saan lang mapupunta, sa commercials nila telling the other networks’ subscribers to “live more”? Bwisit, pareho lang kayong bulok. SMART’s just leveling up their kabulukan with their greed.

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